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I will repeat again and again: why does everyone's mind just snap to 2013-2014 when GGG name comes up? Forget the 154-168 bs, that was said when K2 was trying to get exposure, it was YEARS ago.
U r absolutely right that fighting Eubank is not like fighting BJS and/or Canelo, but still IS acceptable which - will you agree? - is a win in GGG situation (no one to get in the ring). The problem is that people still look at GGG as a contender who needs to prove himself against somebody. Every "established personality" with interests will feed you this ****. Can you imagine Oscar/BiHop saying "GGG is an established proven champ"? NEVER, 'cause it will give K2 territory. The reality is that GGG has established himself as an undisputed 160 champ an he's got belts to prove it. You say k2 bought it? I say every other champ sold 'em and gave them up - with Canelo being the recent. I'll give you a perfect example of Freddie Roach who talked **** about GGG while Cotto held WBC belt: "oh, he is guarded", "Pac did not recognize GGG", "GGG is nice, but he needs opposition". And look at his talk now when the pinky is retired: GGG is p4p #1!
My point: everyone has agenda. Look at the current state of things for yourself and stop clinging to the **** from years ago. If GB gave Canelo to GGG this year, they would bet their whole ****ing lot on the result and everyone knows the chances of winning against GGG. Be real: right now only Kovalev and Ward may be considered true opposition for Golovkin and neither of them will be able to make 168. Fanboys will tell you that GGG is 3 division champ, I say Loeffler needs to evolve his marketing from "we seek fights" to "who wants to take THE test?" Which means fighting Eubank is a win. And there's no value in overpaying BJS, on the contrary, it will hurt GGG (and boxing as a sport, actually).
On the list of those names - actually, I believe Stevens learned from the GGG fight and can be considered a good MW. A Lemiux-Stevens fight would be awesome. Winner gets Canelo, next winner gets GGG - a good story in my book.
Oh, yes, about Ward. I wish he fights Kovalev in November, I truly wish. Until then... Let's not mention him, ok? It's just he does nothing and has done nothing since 2012 boxing-wise to be mentioned.
U r absolutely right that fighting Eubank is not like fighting BJS and/or Canelo, but still IS acceptable which - will you agree? - is a win in GGG situation (no one to get in the ring). The problem is that people still look at GGG as a contender who needs to prove himself against somebody. Every "established personality" with interests will feed you this ****. Can you imagine Oscar/BiHop saying "GGG is an established proven champ"? NEVER, 'cause it will give K2 territory. The reality is that GGG has established himself as an undisputed 160 champ an he's got belts to prove it. You say k2 bought it? I say every other champ sold 'em and gave them up - with Canelo being the recent. I'll give you a perfect example of Freddie Roach who talked **** about GGG while Cotto held WBC belt: "oh, he is guarded", "Pac did not recognize GGG", "GGG is nice, but he needs opposition". And look at his talk now when the pinky is retired: GGG is p4p #1!
My point: everyone has agenda. Look at the current state of things for yourself and stop clinging to the **** from years ago. If GB gave Canelo to GGG this year, they would bet their whole ****ing lot on the result and everyone knows the chances of winning against GGG. Be real: right now only Kovalev and Ward may be considered true opposition for Golovkin and neither of them will be able to make 168. Fanboys will tell you that GGG is 3 division champ, I say Loeffler needs to evolve his marketing from "we seek fights" to "who wants to take THE test?" Which means fighting Eubank is a win. And there's no value in overpaying BJS, on the contrary, it will hurt GGG (and boxing as a sport, actually).
On the list of those names - actually, I believe Stevens learned from the GGG fight and can be considered a good MW. A Lemiux-Stevens fight would be awesome. Winner gets Canelo, next winner gets GGG - a good story in my book.
Oh, yes, about Ward. I wish he fights Kovalev in November, I truly wish. Until then... Let's not mention him, ok? It's just he does nothing and has done nothing since 2012 boxing-wise to be mentioned.
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